Comments on: The Need for Meaning http://spicylifestyle.net/?p=651 lifestyle design for detached rational hedonists Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:38:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: spicen http://spicylifestyle.net/?p=651&cpage=1#comment-1597 spicen Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:07:08 +0000 http://spicylifestyle.net/?p=651#comment-1597 Some x years ago, human society suddenly started to become social...so I would imagine that individuals with genes that would better integrate them into society would be socially selected for (a sort of social fitness). Hence they would more likely to survive. Contrary to aspice and cspice, I don't think that helping animals (in this sense) has anything to do with domestication or misfiring genes, instead it's about social/psychological background. It's the nurture part of the equation. People advocating animal rights probably have had pleasant experiences with animals, or have been overly exposed to the concept of mistreatment of animals. Some x years ago, human society suddenly started to become social…so I would imagine that individuals with genes that would better integrate them into society would be socially selected for (a sort of social fitness). Hence they would more likely to survive.
Contrary to aspice and cspice, I don’t think that helping animals (in this sense) has anything to do with domestication or misfiring genes, instead it’s about social/psychological background. It’s the nurture part of the equation. People advocating animal rights probably have had pleasant experiences with animals, or have been overly exposed to the concept of mistreatment of animals.

]]> By: aspice http://spicylifestyle.net/?p=651&cpage=1#comment-1558 aspice Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:21:46 +0000 http://spicylifestyle.net/?p=651#comment-1558 Very nice. I wrote up my thoughts here: http://aspice.wordpress.com/2010/02/10/the-desire-for-purpose-and-meaning/ Helping animals is not necessarily misfiring of the meaning-gene, because humans and other animals can live in a symbiotic manner, such as when people use horses for transportation or dogs to herd other animals. Domestication can help humans and possibly integrate them into the larger "animal society". Very nice. I wrote up my thoughts here: http://aspice.wordpress.com/2010/02/10/the-desire-for-purpose-and-meaning/

Helping animals is not necessarily misfiring of the meaning-gene, because humans and other animals can live in a symbiotic manner, such as when people use horses for transportation or dogs to herd other animals. Domestication can help humans and possibly integrate them into the larger “animal society”.

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